Fixed Odds Sports Betting

Author: Joseph Buchdahl
Publisher: No Exit Press
ISBN: 9781843440192
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Few people manage to make money from gambling, and fewer still make a living from it. Written for hardened and novice betters alike, Joseph Buchdahl's essential guide examines, through various numerical techniques, how fixed odds punters may learn to beat the bookmaker, protect profits through a sensible approach to risk management, and turn high-risk gambling into a form of low-risk investment.

Binary Options

Author: Hamish Raw
Publisher: Harriman House Limited
ISBN: 0857191268
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 259

Book Description
Binary options are the latest products to hit financial markets. From 5 minute FTSE100 bets offered by online bookmakers, longer duration FTSE100 bets traded on online betting exchanges plus binary bets offered by spreadbetting companies, all are offering the same instrument as the CBOT's binary option on the Fed Funds rate. Hitherto, the largest single marketplace for binary options has been Lloyd's of London where they are known as insurance contracts, while the sports enthusiast is unwittingly buying a binary option every time he takes a price from a sportsbook or bookmaker on this horse or that soccer team. This book takes the same fixed odds bet and illustrates how they operate in the financial marketplace."Binary Options" initially outlines regular bets and explains the rationale defining some basic winning and losing bets. A deeper analysis follows in which the author examines how the value of a bet is dependant on the passing of time, the volatility of the underlying instrument plus the price of the underlying instrument. More advanced bets are introduced with the reader then being shown when and how to profitably use binaries in various market conditions, followed by techniques in how to hedge the position entered into. The same format for regular bets is then followed when discussing one-touch bets. In this first in-depth analysis of binary options, Hamish Raw has ambitiously catered for both the end-user and the market-maker. Diagrams are to be found in abundance throughout this book in order to graphically illustrate the author's points.

The Economics of Sports Betting

Author: Plácido Rodríguez
Publisher: Edward Elgar Publishing
ISBN: 1785364553
Category : Business & Economics
Languages : en
Pages : 213

Book Description
This unique book delves into a number of intriguing issues and addresses several pertinent questions including, should gambling markets be privatized? Is the ‘hot hand’ hypothesis real or a myth? Are the ‘many’ smarter than the ‘few’ in estimating betting odds? How are prices set in fixed odds betting markets? The book also explores the informational efficiency of betting markets and the prevalence of corruption and illegal betting in sports.

Monte Carlo Or Bust

Author: Joseph Buchdahl
Publisher: High Stakes
ISBN: 9780857304858
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 384

Book Description
Almost everyone is familiar with Monte Carlo's association with gambling, and its famous Casino. Many may also have come across the Monte Carlo fallacy, so-called after the Casino's roulette wheel ball fell on black 26th times in a row, costing players, who believed that the law of averages made such streaks impossible, millions of dollars. However, the Casino also lends its name to a tool of statistical forecasting, the Monte Carlo simulation, used to model the probability of uncertain outcomes that cannot be easily predicted from mathematical equations. This book provides a detailed account for how aspiring sports bettors can use a Monte Carlo simulation to improve the quality, and hopefully profitability, of their betting, and in doing so unravels the mystery of probability and variance that lies at the heart of all gambling.

Squares and Sharps, Suckers and Sharks

Author: Joseph Buchdahl
Publisher: High Stakes
ISBN: 9780857304841
Category : Gambling
Languages : en
Pages : 352

Book Description
People have been gambling, in one form or another, for as long as history itself. Why? Money, entertainment, escape and a desire to win are all traditional explanations. Arguably, however, these are secondary considerations to a higher order purpose: a craving for control. Gambling offers a means of gaining authority over the unknown, granting us a sense of control over uncertainty. Almost always that sense is illusory - gambling, including betting and investing, is essentially random - yet for many it is nonetheless profoundly rewarding. This book attempts to explore the reasons why. Along the way, it examines: The science of probability and uncertainty Why gambling is often condemned The difference between expectation and utility The irrationality of human beings Evolutionary perspectives on gambling Luck and skill Market efficiency and the wisdom of crowds Why winners take all Cheating Why the process matters more than the outcome

Profitable Football Betting

Author: Paul Steele
Publisher: High Stakes
ISBN: 9781843440178
Category : Soccer
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
An updated paperback edition with a new 03/04 season preview and fifteen system studies, this book shows where to bet and find valuable information, how to bet and how a profit can be made, plus a 2001/2002 season diary that shows how the author put his methods into operation to profitable effect.

Sports Investing

Author: Daniel Fabrizio
Publisher: Bcdadvisors
ISBN: 9781609700041
Category : Games
Languages : en
Pages : 116

Book Description
"Sports Investing: Profiting from Point Spreads" introduces strategies and tactics that turn the sports betting market into a more businesslike activity. We prefer the term "sports investor" instead of "sports bettor" because we take a professional view of the sports marketplace.

How to find a Black Cat in a Coal Cellar

Author: Joe Buchdahl
Publisher: Oldcastle Books
ISBN: 1843440687
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 521

Book Description
How do we know if we can beat the bookmaker? That's easy: just look at our bank balance. But how do we know if we've not just been lucky? More specifically, how do we know that someone who says he can do it, and who is selling his 'expertise', can keep doing it again and again, through talent, skill and hard work? This book examines the techniques available to answer that question, to identify those qualities and to help the punter find value for money in an industry that appears to be largely built on trust and the influence of chance; to uncover the truth about sports tipsters and ultimately how to find the best tipsters - the 'Black Cats'.

Sharp Sports Betting

Author: Stanford Wong
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780935926248
Category : Games & Activities
Languages : en
Pages : 0

Book Description
Advice on betting sports for beginners to experts.

Listening to America

Author: Stuart Berg Flexner
Publisher: Simon & Schuster
ISBN: 9780671248956
Category : Language Arts & Disciplines
Languages : en
Pages : 596

Book Description
An illustrated survey of the origins, evolutions, and meanings of thousands of phrases, and expressions unique to American English adds up to an entertaining, reliable history of modern American idioms and speech.